Risk sensitivity and the behaviour of fishing vessels

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 399-425

  Dowling, Natalie A ^a   Wilcox, Chris ^a   Mangel, Marc ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural responses; Dynamic state variable modelling; Fishing risk; Fleet dynamics; Risk perception; Utility function

Indexed keywords

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84937073110     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12064     Document Type: Article

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